Order of the Twilight Eye

The Order of the Twilight Eye is Caledon's largest, most expansive and most powerful guild of mages. The Order was established in 542 by Grand Magister Adrienne Horrard after her expulsion from the Covenant of Arca. The Order quickly grew due to its scientific and innovative approach to magic and magical theory that encouraged innovation and excellence, which drew mages away from the Covenant, which was and remains a primarily religious organisation.

History
Adrienne Horrard was a Senior Lector at the Helmwall chapter of the Covenant of Arca. She was well-known within the Covenant as both a brilliant and innovative mage as well as an outspoken opponent of the established order within the Covenant. She had been innovating in the field of spell structure for a decade but had been consistently discouraged from disseminating or teaching her findings by her seniors, who feared that her innovations were heretical. Horrard ignored her peers and began teaching her theories to new students. When this came to the attention of the Grandmaster, she was expelled from the Covenant.

Horrard left the Covenant of Arca and established her own college in the city of Gelen in Eladon. Many of the first members of the college were her students but some of her peers from the Covenant who disagreed with the orthodox approach to magic also joined her.

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