Order of the Ten Arcans

The Order of the Ten Arcans is one of the oldest organizations in the Mythos, dating back all the way to Annarrion's Age of War. It has passed through death and rebirth, and has taken different forms and goals through the millennia, but since its revival on Dorhaun, it has held the purpose of observing, cataloguing, and sometimes curtailing arcane magic.
It is a council of the ten most learned spellcasters willing to take up the positions. The Arcans more often than not dwell in the city of Telvimbror, where the Tower of the Ten Arcans stands. Though with the widespread use of secure scrying and reliable teleportation, this is not universal, and some Arcans come to the tower only when an important council is convened.
Each Arcan is denoted by a color, and they are required to wear robes of this color when in the tower. Most have specifically-enchanted robes for these occasion, though some merely cast a glamour over their own robes when they enter. There is no official color-coding, though there are some noticeable trends between robe color and specialty. (For instance, Green Arcans tend to have some knowledge of nature magic, though this has not always been the case.)
The Ten Arcans are as follows:
-Blue Arcan
-Brown Arcan
-Green Arcan
-Grey Arcan
-Orange Arcan
-Purple Arcan
-Red Arcan
-White Arcan
-Yellow Arcan
-Gold Arcan or Black Arcan
The color of the tenth Arcan has vacillated through the ages. It is primarily the Gold Arcan, but on certain occasions when the order has been subverted, the position has been renamed the Black Arcan. Though the Gold Arcan is nominally no more important than any other, they do hold executive privilege when the council is divided.
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Category:Arcans