Forget the flesh! Behold thyself, burn the body and free the spirit!
The body is no temple. The body is both an empty shell and a pair of shackles, not to be praised and adored. The mages of the Fallen Pillar believe that glorifying the physical form distracts the spirit. Unlike many of their brothers on the Path of Ecstasy, Fallen Pillar mages care little for their bodies. A mage of this Legacy knows she must free herself from the thousand appetites that flesh is heir to. She liberates herself from addictions and urges. She curbs her need for food and water. She learns that her body is temporary, and so she rakes it with long nails and cuts it with knives, showing the latticework of scars as evidence of enlightenment.
Mages of this Legacy attempt to live a truly ascetic lifestyle, denying all physical pleasures and mortifying the flesh. They mean to eradicate fear of life and death. With the body demeaned, with the flesh run ragged, they have no need to dread the vigors of life or the inevitability of death.
Fallen Pillars do not weep and sigh for the pleasures left behind. At first, its members may struggle grimly against the temptations of the physical world. Over time, however, they come to love their renunciations. Mages of the Fallen Pillar are taught to delight in denial. The soul laughs and leaps with joy as the body suffers. The Exultants embrace a gleeful madness, looking out over the Fallen World with wild eyes and feral smiles.
Orders
The Exultants disturb many mages. The Exultants are too unpredictable, too willing to throw themselves and others into danger with little thought or preparation.
- While none of the orders forbid Exultant members, the Adamantine Arrow is the only order that actively invites Fallen Pillar mages into its ranks.
Attainments
- The Enlightened Skin
- The Willing Victim
- The Unshackled Soul
