Common Cabals
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At any given time, there are a handful of cabals unsponsored by an Elder Cabal. These are referred to as the common cabals, and while they are permitted in the city, they are not part of its already-vast Consilium. Thus, they are granted no protection from depredations by the Consilium. Most common cabals are, however, allied with one of the Orders. The vassal cabals tend to keep an eye out for the common cabals when they can — or, when it is advantageous to do so.
Many of the Orders, however, make a point of keeping a cabal or two around made up of non-Consilium magi, for when they need someone who can take action against Consilium magi without endangering their own standing in the Consilium. This is a common but unacknowledged way of operating, one which the Hierarch is careful to watch carefully for — anyone who is overt enough in their machinations for him to discover it faces serious censure and the full extent of the Tetragramaton of Punishment.
There are no multi-order cabals considered to be common — if a cabal is not closely aligned to an order and the cabals within it, they are considered vagabonds.
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[edit] Cavalcade of Masks
Guardians of the Veil
On the darkened stage of a tiny Central London theater called the Harlequin's Round gathers the Cavalcade. They stand, masked, cloaked and facing away from one another, speaking in the code of the Guardians. They tell of their successes and make requests of one another, and then disappear without glancing back at whence they have come.
[edit] The Red Monks
Guardians of the Veil
In the ruins of Blackfriar Monastery along the Thames in Downtown London, the Red Monks meet at the dark of the moon, if they are alive and not working on a mission. Should one of their number disappear, they will never seek to find him or her — they are simply lost, without investigation.
[edit] Hope of Apollo
Mysterium
This cabal of artists is based out of the Canterbury Music Hall, in Lambeth, South London.
[edit] Rumored Cabals
- X (Adamantine Arrow; Common): X - Northwest London
- X (Adamantine Arrow; Common): X - Southwest London
- X (Silver Ladder; Common): X - West London
- X (Mysterium; Common): X - Central London
- X (Silver Ladder; Common): X - North-Central London
- X (Adamantine Arrow; Common): X - Northeast London
- X (Silver Ladder; Common): X - Northeast London
