Zodiac Society

The Zodiac Society

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The Zodiac Society is an academic anthropological, archaeological, and historical society. To the mundane world, they are an Ivy League-affiliated research organization, similar to National Geographic and other academic bodies. They routinely give annual awards for outstanding finds and works, help fund important researchers in the fields they cover, and provide scholarships to promising students interested in their fields.

To the magical world, they are that as well, save that their research is into the magical history, archaeology, and anthropology of the world. They are known to be a center for sorcerers closely aligned with Aion, and who work to discover and preserve the rich magical past not just of the Telluric realm, but other mystical dimensions as well.

Leadership

The Society is led by twelve academics, most of whom are also Aionic adepts. Each of these leaders is given governance over one of the Zodiac Houses around the world. Each of these leaders also has a traditional purview of authority within the organization, although they are expected to use that power in support of the Society as a whole.

• xxx: Aquarius House. xxx - humanitarian, causes
• xxx: Pisces House. xxx - music, art
• xxx: Aries House. xxx - military
• xxx: Taurus House. xxx - politics, high society
• xxx: Gemini House. xxx - universities, publishing
• xxx: Cancer House. xxx - interHouse support
• xxx: Leo House. xxx - celebrity, media
• xxx: Virgo House. xxx - infrastructure
• xxx: Libra House. xxx - arbitration and negotiation
• xxx: Scorpio House. xxx - espionage, intelligence
• xxx: Sagittarius House. xxx - travel and exploration
• xxx: Capricorn House. xxx - gear and resources

The Houses

The Society maintains a dozen small chapter-houses, built as offices and private museums, places where the secrets of magical pasts can be collected, archived, and protected. Each House has living quarters for the head of that House, library and research space, living areas, a barracks for defenders, and training space.

Each of the Houses also has a Zodiac Arch, magical artifacts that open into an extra-dimensional space called the House of Aion, or the Thirteenth House, where the heads of House gather to confer with one another and plan the Society's strategy once a month.

• Aquarius House: Calcutta, India. xxx
• Pisces House: Florence, Italy. xxx
• Aries House: Lyons, France. xxx
• Taurus House: Manhattan, New York City, USA. xxx
• Gemini House: Oxford, United Kingdom. xxx
• Cancer House: Hong Kong, China. xxx
• Leo House: Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. xxx
• Virgo House: São Paulo, Brasil. xxx
• Libra House: Istanbul, Turkey. xxx
• Scorpio House: Cairo, Egypt. xxx
• Sagittarius House: Brisbane, Australia. xxx
• Capricorn House: Detroit, Michigan, United States. xxx