Don't take your eyes away.
The Illumined Path believes that the Awakening is not a binary condition. That is, one is not either Asleep or Awakened. There are many subtle gradations, many points along a Sleeper’s life at which he might perceive the Supernal Realms. The Illumined Path rejects the notion that Sleepers must carry the Abyss with them, and that they unconsciously foment Quiescence. All any Sleeper needs to see the world for what it is, to see magic, is guidance. To the mages of the Illumined Path, that guidance is light.
This does mean, however, that some of the Pathfinders believe the Abyss can be burned out of Sleepers. The right intensity of light — a vulgar spell at the right moment, that is — can immediately change Sleeper to Sleepwalker, or so the Legacy is taught. The members, therefore, are constantly on guard for the appropriate moment. Sometimes, of course, they just guess, and that means they risk Paradox for what other mages might see as no good reason.
Orders
- Mages of the Free Council and the Adamantine Arrow make up the bulk of the faction (and thus the Legacy).
- The Free Council focuses on bringing magic in line with modern understanding of the world
- The Arrow focuses on teaching Sleepers to recognize and protect themselves against the supernatural.
- The Silver Ladder and the Mysterium make up a small percentage of the Legacy’s members, but are much more likely to join on a factional level, if at all.
- The Silver Ladder, after all, prefers to focus on Awakened matters
- the Mysterium has a hard time shaking the notion that Sleepers can’t handle the truth.
- The Guardians of the Veil are forbidden to join the Illumined Path.
Attainments
- In the Dark Wood
- Safeguard the Path
- Light of Wisdom
