ET IN ARCADIA EGO

[Lightfoot]

During the Age of Enlightenment on Terra Antigua, the continent of Europe was rife with dozens of Lodges, Orders, and Secret Schools. Each of these groups claimed to have the true secrets and knowledge which would lead the Seeker to Illumination.

Often, these groups would compete for members. They would also borrow, or even steal portions of their history, rituals, and structure from each other. It was also not uncommon for Seekers to belong to several competing Orders at the same time. These groups all shared another common heritage; that of the chance of discovery, exposure, and persecution by the European Monarchies of the time, and their common foe, the Black Sorcerers of Rome. For example, consider the fates of Jacques DeMolay and the Knights Templar; or the Bavarian Illuminati of Weishaupt. So much for Enlightenment.

At the time of our current romance, in the solar systems now known as Gallia, it appears that the Seeker is bound by an ancient proverb: The more things change, the more they stay the same. The greatest change is that there are now, to our knowledge, only five remaining Hermetic Orders for our beloved Monarch to expose, denounce and exile from New Paris and the Core worlds of Gallia.

You have now met one such Order, that of the Silver Star, Argentum Astrum, (A.:.A).

Your humble author is Grand Master of another such group, Le Neuf Soeurs, or Lodge of the Nine Sisters, an order of Speculative Masons named after the Lodge which was allegedly responsible for fomenting the French Revolution of the 18th Century. (S-9).

You will soon meet:

The Grand Orient Lodge, also known as the Ordo Templi Orientis, (O.T.O.);

The Order of the Rosy Cross, Fraternitas Rossae Crucis, (F.R.C.);

And, the Sisterhood of Lillith Velkor, (S.O.L.V.), She who stood against Gruad in Atlantis and was crucified, She who was perhaps the second wife of Adam.

Together, as the "Brotherhood of Light" (LVX|), we shall attempt to restore the true glory of Gallia.. Best exemplified by the Ancient Motto of France. Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite.. (Liberty, Equality, and Brotherhood!)

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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet Ms">Brotherhood of Light ~ Grenoble ~ Belfast



LVX|Cagliostro ~ LVX|Eye.of.Privas</span>