The biggest problem with men and gods is that too many men consider themselves gods and too many gods share the vanities of men. This is especially true of the Awakened – men and women blessed with godlike power and cursed with human frailties. If you would join these people, you should be aware of what that means. The power of such a Path is certain, but its ability to destroy you and everything you hold dear is equally assured. Archmaster Portos Fitz-Empress of the esteemed Order of Hermes realized this when he coined the term “the Fragile Path” to refer to the treacherous road all Awakened people walk. The howling madness of the Marauders, the gentler dementia of Tradition mages, the implacable rightness of the Technocray and its infernal shadow among the Nephandi, the wandering quests of Orphans and the Disparate, the doubts each mage finds within her or her heart – these are the shadows of Ascension. When power, pride, and the paradox of lofty goals within all-too-human hands all run wild within your heart, the balance between them can seem fragile indeed. You want to be a mage? A sacred priest or priestess of cosmic mysteries? Then pay attention to what I say. I have spent many years on that Fragile Path, and I know it like few other souls on earth... - Mage. The Ascension
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:39:10 +0000
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