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Canberra Awakening

Current Characters

Character	Position	Status	Path	Order	Legacy	Aw.	Cabal	Player
Fixer		1	Acanthus	Guardian of the Veil	Legacy	Year	Emperor Nathan's Cabal	David McKie
Ackbar	Sentinel	1	Thyrsus	Adamantine Arrow	Legacy	Year	Counter-Threat	Shae Hercelinskyj
Anubis		1	Moros	Mysterium	Legacy	Year	The Mysterium Cabal	Andrew White
Emperor Nathan Fields		1	Acanthus	Silver Lader	The Reality Makers	Year	Emperor Nathan's Cabal	Kane Edwards
Beckett Shore	Hierarch, Councilor for the Counter-Threat Cabal	2	Mastigos	Guardian of the Veil	Bearer of the Eternal Voice	2010	Counter-Threat	Alex Robin
Paschal	Councilor for the Mysterium Cabal	3	Mastigos	Mysterium	Legacy	Year	The Mysterium Cabal	Lachlan Groeneward
Piper Ravenryder	Councilor for the Emperor's Cabal	3	Obrimos	Silver Ladder	Legacy	Year	Emperor Nathan's Cabal	Jayde Cassells
Ri'Neref		2	Acanthus	Mysterium	Legacy	2014	The Mysterium Cabal	Michael McDonald
Abigail White		1	Mastigos		Legacy	Year	The Pride	Kylie Griffiths
Twenty One		1	Thyrsus	Mysterium	Legacy	1980's	The Pride	Jeremy Broom
Derek Drako		1	Obrimos	Silver Ladder	Legacy	NOW		Steve Doyle
Journeyman		1	Acanthus	Silver Ladder	Legacy	2015	Threatening	Stefan Szubert
Evelynne	Sentinel, Hierarch's Provost	3	Acanthus	Guardians of the Veil	Legacy	2003	Counter-Threat	Sara Beth
Tectus	Sentinel	1	Moros	Guardians of the Veil	Legacy	REDACTED	Counter-Threat	Shane McKinnie
Daisy-Rain		1	Thyrsus	Undecided	Legacy	2015	Free Flowers	Liz Hickey
Tinker	Councilor for the Free Flowers Cabal	0	Obrimos	Free Council	Legacy	2002	Free Flowers	Stephen Justice
Threat		1	Moros	Silver Ladder	Legacy	??	Threatening	Stewart Minhinnett

Deceased or Missing

Character	Position	Status	Path	Order	Legacy	Aw.	Cabal	Player
Princess Pwnage	Sentinel-in-training	0	Thyrsus	Adamantine Arrow	Legacy	2014	Counter-Threat	Sara Beth

Canberra Timeline

1914: First Silver Ladder Mage arrives in City
1931: Enough mages have arrived to form a proper Concillium to be formed.
1949: Banishers suddenly arrive in force and start a war against the Concillium.
1952: Banishers have either killed any mage who hasn’t fled or taken extreme measures to hide themselves.
1983: An attempt is made to reclaim the city from Banishers, while damage is done they manage to hold the city.
2004: No word from the Banishers for over two decades, Mages start to return to the city after failing to find any with remote means. Most are assassinated within the year, the rest find ways to remain in the city by being very cautious about using their magic and hiding themselves among plain sleepers.
2014: The Consilium of Canberra formally reconvenes for the first time under the Hierarch Emperor Nathan, following a traditional Consilium structure.
2015: The Consilium of Canberra implements a re-written charter and appoints Beckett Shore as Hierarch of the new Consilium.

The Lex Magicus of Canberra

Consilium Charter

All cabals residing in the city of Canberra have the right to their own Councilor on the Consilium's Ruling Council.
- A cabal's Councilor is to be appointed by their own choosing and at their own discretion - each cabal is responsible for resolving their own disputes of representation.
The Consilium's Ruling Council is the law-making body of the Consilium, all mages of the Consilium must abide by their rulings.
The Hierarch has the right of tie-breaking should the Ruling Council fail to arrive at a decision on a matter it has put to a vote.

Precepts

Precepts are not laws - instead precepts are guiding conventions of legal practice; ideas that can be cited as being the spirit of the law, or the zeitgeist of the Consilium. These traditions aid in the establishment of new laws and also act as a common way to articulate legal concepts.

Secrecy: the idea that the existence of magic must be kept secret from those who do not practice magic (for more details: Sanctum and Sigil, pp57-58)
Recognition: the idea that a Consilium must define who falls under its legal authority, and that an individual must be "recognised" by a Consilium (for more details: Sanctum and Sigil, p59).
Protectorate: the idea that a Consilium should enforce the protection of the sanctums of its members, both legally and through arcane measures if a mage requests it (for more details: Sanctum and Sigil, pp59-60).
Hubris: the idea that a Consilium has authority to intervene when an immoral action has been taken (for more details: Sanctum and Sigil, pp61-62).
War: the idea that if an issue of contention cannot be resolved, a mage or cabal can temporarily withdraw from the Consilium's system of law and engage in warfare against the target of their ire, often announcing terms of aggression and limits to the conflict (for more details: Sanctum and Sigil, pp61-62). The Canberra Consilium has expressed a very clear limitation on this precept, with the Duel Arcane so far being the only acceptable form of inter-mage conflict resolution outside of the Council's judgement.

In addition to the standard precepts, the Consilium of Canberra has also expressed the following legal precept:

Caucus: the idea that no one individual should have sole authority in certain kinds of rulings over other Consilium members. In particular, issues of emeritus and punishment have been clearly defined as being off limits to any one individual's judgement.

Gold Law

The Great Rights (for more details see Sanctum and Sigil, pp26-32)
- The Right of Crossing
- The Right of Emeritus
- The Right of Hospitality
- The Right of Sanctuary
The lesser right of the Duel Arcane
The rights of Order titles and privileges

Silver Law

Charter Clarification: The Heirarch has no right to make a decision for the Council, even if approached by a member from a different consillium and asked to make a decision by them.
Charter Clarification: The Heirarch has no rights to increase or decrease any status, the right to make that decision is the Ruling Councils majority alone.
Decree: The Right of Nemesis is denied to all mages within the city of Canberra.

Council Discussion Notes:

The Council agreed that, in Canberra, any scenario involving a mage needing to justify their behaviour by citing Nemesis Protocols would risk the safety of mages outside the Nemesis conflict, and thus invalidate the claim. This makes invoking Nemesis a breach of Nemesis.
The Council also voiced agreement with the sentiment that enshrining Nemesis justifies "mutual belligerent cockbaggery" which is not conducive to wise action.
The Council acknowledged that Nemesis conflicts may occur with cabals and mages of other cities, but holds that such conflicts need to be suspended within the territories of Canberra.

Decree: The disposal of corpses of deceased Pentacle Mages shall be the sole province of the Sentinels.

Bronze Law

Duel Arcane: On the 22nd of March 2015, a duel arcane occurred between Flash Bang and Ackbar. Flash Bang asserted that the individuals who first physically obtained the Atlantean artifacts formerly belonging to the being identified as "Cernunnos" or "the Horned God" were the sole authorities with regard to redistributing those artifacts. Ackbar contested this assertion by arguing that the individual who killed "Cernunnos" should have authority over their distribution. Flash Bang defeated Ackbar, establishing what has been termed "the right of scavenging".

Locations of Interest

Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill is completely controlled and monitored by the Banishers of the city.
No one knows where exactly their base of operations is located, but given how quickly they respond to any supernatural activity in this area, many suspect it is nearby.

Canberra Railway Station

Literally the only guaranteed way to bypass the Banishers on the way into Canberra is by train.
This location (in Kingston) is under the protection of a guardian spirit, and it is believed that a Spirit master from the previous murdered-almost-to-a-man Consilium of Canberra made a pact with it so it would prevent Banishers from being able to detect supernatural beings in the area.

Canberra Airport

Pretty much guaranteed to kill you. For the love of god, we said trains not planes. Why would you fly into Canberra?! Airport security is a stacked Banisher deck.

Established NPC's

Set - leader of the local Seers of the Throne

Rumours

New

There may be a faction in the city masquerading as Banishers who are working against the Consilium
Piper is being groomed by Mr Joker to be his new Harley Quinn.

Old or Debunked

IC News

New

There is currently a 200-strong demon cult in the city, working for a demonic power spirit
- The leadership of this cult are offering the cult's services to the highest bidder
- The cult intends on putting members in key infrastructure positions around the city
- The cult is liable to also attempt to gain any sort of power it can
The Banishers are attempting to secure the epicentre of a supernal charge build up that is blanketing the city
- It has been confirmed this supernal energy build up is due to the actions of Mr Joker
- This supernal build up is causing both magic and paradox to become increasingly more powerful
- It is believed when this build up discharges, there will be many awakenings
- Currently the Consilium believes the Banishers haven't got their stuff together enough to contain the charge

Old

Banishers, Banishers everywhere
The Cult of the Protector was found to be led by an individual marked by an Abyssal spirit, this spirit was banished back to the Abyss although the cult still remains active in dwindling numbers
Seers of the Throne are present in the city, and have nominally offered support to the Consilium of Canberra in the task of destroying the Banishers
Canberra's history has been altered by Tick-Tock Men
- Currently known alterations include the removal of the second Telstra Tower and the removal of Shadowmoore, a Guardian of the Veil

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 * '''Charter Clarification:''' The Heirarch has no rights to increase or decrease any status, the right to make that decision is the Ruling Councils majority alone.
 * '''Decree:''' The Right of Nemesis is denied to all mages within the city of Canberra.
+: '''Council Discussion Notes:'''
+:# The Council agreed that, in Canberra, any scenario involving a mage needing to justify their behaviour by citing Nemesis Protocols would risk the safety of mages outside the Nemesis conflict, and thus invalidate the claim.  This makes invoking Nemesis a breach of Nemesis.
+:# The Council also voiced agreement with the sentiment that enshrining Nemesis justifies "mutual belligerent cockbaggery" which is not conducive to wise action.
+:# The Council acknowledged that Nemesis conflicts may occur with cabals and mages of other cities, but holds that such conflicts need to be suspended within the territories of Canberra.
 * '''Decree:''' The disposal of corpses of deceased Pentacle Mages shall be the sole province of the Sentinels.

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