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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cyronax" data-source="post: 5410219" data-attributes="member: 822">Ideas: Echoes of the SoulThe remnant soul of a Spell Weaver Pilot (see Monster Manual 3, p. 202 [Epic Level monster]) is the heart of a great tower – the Spiral Tower, the Living Tower, the Redoubt of Magic.  The Spell Weaver's Ghost can manifest itself in several forms (choose any type of Spell Weaver from the MM3) – but in any form, it is considered to merely an echo the fallen weaver itself. Its power and scintillating and cacophonous whispers remain even in death, and these strange emanations are what inspire the wizards and their allies. The Weaver's soul is in many pieces and is unthinking, and thus it will merely serve as the inspiring (and subliminal) spirit of the Tower. Even in heroic tier campaigns, the effects of the Weaver can play out in strange ways. Currently, the Hexarch of the Tower has found of strand of the Weaver’s memories that revealed the steps necessary to harness the ley lines of this world and focus them for a ritual which will enable the Spiral Tower to be a font for magic that will easily supersede all planar boundaries and become a Nexus of All Worlds. The Hexarch believes this will secure the legacy of the order and protect it from outside forces – especially the strange demonic forces that have been secretly plotting against the Tower in recent years. The Hexarch has started to send parties of adventurers and lowly apprentices and swordmagi into the wilderness seeking components for the first phase of this quest to build a Nexus of All Worlds. The symbol of the order is a lavender field with a black bisecting line running north to south with six arms at exacting angels. Most of the order and outsiders think the symbol represents a starburst, but it actually is inspired by the unconscious influence of the remnant soul of the Weaver. The List of Hexarchs is the open history of the Spiral Tower – taught to every apprentice. The List goes back approximately 193 years, and accounts for the calendar of the Tower and now the valley. Thus it is currently known to be the 193rd List Year (LY) to people who care about such things. The actual history of the Sprial Tower is much longer however and dates back over a millennia. Over the centuries the Tower has served as the center of several civilizations, including one that formed around a Hexarch that eventually became a minor deity, Vecna. The Hexarchs of the current age have hidden this history to all but the inner council of the Tower to both protect the reputation of the Tower, but to further purge the malice of some of Tower history’s darker chapters.   There are just over twenty full-fledged wizards in the Spiral Towers roster. There are also about fifteen swordmagi currently, and there are about double each of those sums training in apprenticeship. Most apprentices are given the opportunity to take the Trial to become a full-on guild-member status at 5th or 6th level. Following that feat, a wizard or swordmage is informally considered to be a journeyman of his respective profession. ‘Master’ status is usually acknowledge when once attains a paragon path (12th level). Only about a fifth of the guild membership is considered to be masters (4-5 wizards, 2-3 swordmagi), including the current Hexarch himself.</blockquote>

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