Orphean Ranks and Aspects

Orpheans are some of the stranger folk of Anatolia. While their enclaves span the entire Badlands, their shrine and central university, known as the Threshold, is situated within a unique rock formation North of the Inviolate Divide. The devices their members carry requires the forceful application of will, as though drawing some form of essence from them, however no internal energy reservoirs or conductors have ever been located inside them. As far as can be determined, these devices cannot be hacked remotely, and do not Surge like other electronics. The reasons for this are unknown. Speculation abounds as to whether the Orphic cults manipulate a previously unseen energy, or whether the syncbronze artifacts they wield are only encoded with the forgotten abilities of Xian technology.

Cult Magi
"'As secretive as their members may be, we have ascertained patterns shared between the various Cults. Upon their passage in the Rite of Initiation, the Magi are said to bear witness to another dimension outside of our own, operating on its own internal timeline and physics. The process is said to fracture their souls so they may witness this new universe in its entirety - and draw inward the Djinn and other demonic creatures born there. Interviewing candidates before and after the initiation, one can tell some form of transformation does take place - they are now visibly shaken, appearing much older than would seem possible, yet with no loss of strength of limbs. From this moment onward, in their cosmology of course, they are that of a wayward magi from a lost age, imbued with the revelation of their afterlife, and the powers of the demons now inhabiting them. '""- Aya Nodhal, Anatolian Scholar"