I'm glad you asked.
The odd Legacy known as Mimir’s Voice has a strange set of inspirations for their philosophies. They look to figures both historical and mythological as their teachers: Mimir, whose severed head advised Odin; William Rankine, the Scottish physicist who coined the term “potential energy;” and Lao Tzu, the Chinese Taoist philosopher. The Advisors, as they are often known, concern themselves with gathering knowledge, with learning everything they can, but with acting in accordance with their instincts and intuition. Often, that means not acting, because hesitation is a sign that not enough is yet known.
Members of the Legacy are unfailingly polite, sometimes to the point of passivity. They operate under a strict code of non-aggression (not necessarily non-violence, however), and the vows of the Legacy preclude turning aside someone that asks for their help. The vows also preclude lying, however, and this places the Legacy at risk should a Sleeper ever ask a question with a potentially damaging answer. When asked about this, an Advisor admits that the best solution is simply to avoid being faced with those kinds of questions. The Voice must be prepared to face consequences from either the mortal law or the Lex Magica, if keeping her vows means violating those laws.
Above all, Mimir’s Voice strives to help others — mage and Sleeper alike — learn. But teaching isn’t a matter of explanation and lecture, not if one wants the lesson to sink in. Ask any teacher; the only lesson a student really learns is the one that he wants to learn, and so education is less about presenting fact and more about instilling a desire to become knowledgeable and an understanding of how to learn. The Legacy, therefore, amasses knowledge and waits to be asked for it. The Advisor is potential energy, and that energy is knowledge, magic, and even moral guidance.
Attainments
- Blind Spot
- Wasted Potential
- Released Potential
