Editing Character Creation (section)

= Step 1: Inspiration =

Start with a concept of who your character was before they Awakened.  Pick a simple word, like artist, teacher, bum, businesswoman, etc.  A general label that you can hang onto the character easily is good.

== Tradition ==

Pick the kind of mage your character became.

Shortlist of the Traditions:

* Akashic Brotherhood - Mystical martial artists.  Specialty sphere: Mind
* Celestial Chorus - Singers of divinity.  Specialty sphere: Prime.
* Cult of Ecstatsy - Seers who dance and seek pleasure.  Specialty sphere: Time.
* Dreamspeakers - Spiritual naturalists.  Specialty sphere: Spirit.
* Euthanatos - Balance seekers who relieve suffering.  Specialty sphere: Entropy.
* Order of Hermes - Specialists of a thousand years.  Specialty sphere: Force.
* Sons of Ether - Scientists of magic.  Specialty sphere: Matter.
* Verbena - Rememberers of old rites and cycles of nature.  Specialty sphere: Life.
* Virtual Adepts - Hackers of the information age.  Specialty sphere: Correspondence.
* Hollow Ones - Nihilistic goth mages.  Specialty sphere: None.
* Orphans - Mages who Awakened without guidance or mentorship.  Specialty sphere: Any one.

== Nature and Demeanor ==

Nature is a foundation of your character's internal drives and desires.

Demeanor is how that character expresses theirself and navigates the world.

== Avatar Essence ==

An Awakened mage has an Avatar attached to their soul.  The Avatar's Essence determines their view magical goals for the mage.

Pick one of the following Avatar Essences:

* Dynamic - The Avatar seeks endless change and the birth of new forms.
* Pattern - The Avatar enforces conformity and reinforces existing structure carefully.
* Primordial - The Avatar destroys old forms and sows chaos to bring about renewal and rebirth.
* Questing - The Avatar builds upon a series of experiences to reach some eventual goal.