Wandering Sea

The , also known as , is the third branch of the Mage's Association.
==History==
The Wandering Sea is the original foundation of the Mage's Association that was formed long before the Clock Tower. In 20 AD, those Magi of Atlas and the Wandering Sea disagreed with the third faction led by the Association Director Brishisan, that would later become the Clock Tower in 500 AD, about going forward with the new form of Mystery and Magecraft that came with the end of the Age of Gods. The Wandering Sea and Atlas stuck to the old ways of the Age of Gods, but the three groups still remained together as the Mage's Association.
The Magi of the Wandering Sea sought to isolate themselves from the reach of both Gods and mankind. Thus their entire island vanished from the universe, drifting away in space and time. No one can observe or interact with it except via the Five Gates at its entrance. Since its formation, many heretical Magi were exiled from among the founders.
The Wandering Sea that manifests once a year in each era is merely a shadow of what the "Wandering Sea that once was". The true nature of the Wandering Sea, or the , refers to what lies behind the Five Gates at the Wandering Sea's entrance.
As of the formation of the Clock Tower, they ceased communication with the Association.
The Wandering Sea is an organization based on studying their Concealed Laws of the Gods.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 7 - Fem's Casa (Middle) - Chapter 3
Wandering Sea Found.png|Wandering Sea found by U-Olga Marie.
Wandering Sea Destroyed.png|Wandering Sea destroyed by U-Olga Marie's black hole.
During the events of Fate/Grand Order, Sion Eltnam Sokaris foresaw the invasion of the Alien God and traveled from Atlas to the Wandering Sea. While the Magi of the Wandering Sea were not concerned about the wiping of humanity's Texture from the World since it had nothing to do with the Age of Gods, they supposedly allowed Sion to stay as long as she did not disturb them; in reality, she had offered to create an eighth Atlas Contract for their use in exchange for allowing her to stay for one year. Even she did not know, however, that their true goal was to offer her a position with them.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Tunguska Sanctuary: Anti-Primate Ecosphere - Prologue Sion and her Servant Captain repurposed the entrance area of the Wandering Sea to look like Chaldea. When the Alien God finally located the Wandering Sea she destroyed it with a black hole, with Chaldea just barely escaping on the Storm Border and Sion setting the base to self-destruct. Due to the Wandering Sea's atemporal nature, its Magi dismissed this as a mere nusiance, as the destruction of the Wandering Sea's exterior facility in one era would not affect it outside of that point in time.
==Structure==
Having opposed the modernization of Magecraft along with Atlas in 20 AD, their primary rule is the rejection of the modern advancement of Magecraft, only recognizing that of the Age of Gods. Opposing the methodology of the Clock Tower, they refuse to accept the consumer civilization of modern humanity and remain completely incompatible. Even with the destruction of the Human Order in the world of Fate/Grand Order, they do not take any action, instead continuing their research behind closed doors and allowing Chaldea Security Organization to use the island as a base. It is said that the focus of their research is human bodily modification, but other details are unknown.
Magecraft from the Age of Gods is what Wandering Sea Magi prefer and aim for, but there are no restrictions on what they can actually use, such as Western Magecraft or Philosophy Magecraft. Atlas-style Alchemy is probably the only thing they don't do.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 2: The Devil of the Wandering Sea (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 4
The Wandering Sea has a secret known as the . It is the code the Wandering Sea goes by, and is a secret on par with the Clock Tower's Spiritual Tomb of Albion and Atlas' Seven Superweapons.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 3: The Devil of the Wandering Sea (Lower) - Chapter 1
===Recruitment===
Recruitment into the Wandering Sea is rare, those recruited from even the prestigious Clock Tower Magi able to be counted on a single hand. While qualifying to arrive upon the island for its once per year opening is difficult, the actual means of qualification is to simply be present at the location of one of the Five Gates when they are open.
===Five Gates===
The are , allowing communication, and even transportation, between the Wandering Sea prior to its disappearance and any era. Even if something were to happen to the island in the present, the Wandering Sea of the past would remain.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Tunguska Sanctuary: Anti-Primate Ecosphere - Epilogue
Upon arriving at the island, Goredolf Musik notices that the gates emanate similar Magical Energy to the Director of the Mage's Association, Brishisan. Believing them to be doors to the inner Magical Workshops of the Wandering Sea, the prospect of several individuals possessing the same power to "crush and scatter countless Lords" existing within the Wandering Sea terrifies him. 
====Ganne====
Ganne, Gate of Rebirth is located in an era that causes communication with the modern era to have extraordinarily high Magical Energy cost, requiring a comparable Magical Energy to that required to destroy an entire continent to pass through the gate. Within that era, Fabro Rowan says "there was no other use" for that Magical Energy. Fabro mentions that it is best for Ganne to be cut off from the current era.
It is thought as of the modern day that Ganne no longer has any Magi left, but there are still two left.
====Selen====
====Ellen====
====Guénon====
Guénon, Gate of Storage is the "storage of the gods". They were involved in the creation of Ergo.
====Fushiruka====
==Locations==
The island Baldanders is described as "the first enigma ever discovered in the World of Magecraft, and it will be the last to be puzzled out" by Goredolf Musik.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Götterdämmerung: Eternal Ice-Flame Century - Intro
===True Wandering Sea===
===Island===
Wandering Sea docks.png|Docks.
Wandering Sea Gates.png|The Time Gates.
The headquarters of the Wandering Sea that appears upon the world, called the , is a mobile mountain range, an island from the Age of Gods, located within the Texture between the world of man and the other side.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - SIN: Land of Unified Knowledge - Intro It typically moves throughout the North Sea, but it occasionally moves on dry land. What can be called an , the interior contains its own ocean rather than being an island that moves through the sea itself, with the main island being in the center. It is possible to sense the ocean from the outside, but simply reversing back to the outside isn't easily possible for those who enter. The elevation difference is ten meters upon entering. This Singularity is immune to the whitening of the world.
Due to Tradition Protection, it cannot be detected on radar.Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Götterdämmerung: Eternal Ice-Flame Century - Section 17: Go, Beyond the Twilight Normally closed off to the rest of the world, it opens to the outside world only once a year on December 31 to recruit new talent.
The island of the Wandering Sea doesn't have an entrance on its surface. The actual entrance is some forty meters below the ocean surface, and leads to a docking area that's ten meters below the surface. Those inside the lobby can pull ships into the docking area using a manipulation of the ocean currents, but a normal ship wouldn't survive the process. It would need to be an airtight ship or a shiplike vehicle that's thaumaturgically or physically shielded against sudden changes in pressure. 
In truth, the island is a mere "echo" of the true Wandering Sea, which is completely cut off from normal spacetime save for the Five Gates it manifests on December 31st.
Usage of the island beyond its intended purpose of recruitment can be negotiated with those of the True Wandering Sea. For Sion, they request an eighth Contract of Atlas to be created, but also later reveal that they allowed her for the purpose of trying to recruit her.
==Known members==
*Ganne
**Fabro Rowan's mentor - One of the creators of the Wandering Sea
**Fabro Rowan (Nrvnqsr Chaos/Remake) - Taken as an apprentice around 1000AD
*Guénon
**Ziz
**Bai Ruolong - Disciple of Ziz
*Unknown affiliation
**Jewel Killer
==References==
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