Sage Council of Old Vassos

The council was created by Ezekiel Malachi to gain knowledge of the past. During Ezekiel's reign as head sage he focused on general studies in the Arcanum's least dangerous library. He focused also on helping the people through providing counsel and advice.

After Ezekiel's descent into madness, Cleo Malachi took the mantle of Head Sage and his sages focused more on exploring the dangerous Deep Sanctums of The Grand Arcanum. Rather than solve peoples problems for them, Cleo decided he would rather spread the knowledge that his father had coveted.

## The First Sage Council of Old Vassos

The first council of sages in Old Vassos was formed by Ezekiel Malachi. Before founding Old Vassos these people travelled the lands of Congeria amidst the chaos of the apocalypse and called themselves simply "The Wanderers." When Ezekiel convinced half of them to stay in the ruins of the golden-age city Vassos, he knew they would need guidance, and so for several years a group of wise and intelligent men was formed consisting of the most notable men in Old Vassos.

### Accomplishments

The Accomplishments of The First Sage Council was mainly the successful inhabitation of Old Vassos and founding of the Arcanum. Research-wise, Ezekiel recognized the danger of the Arcanum. Upon first discovering the Arcanum, Ezekiel was nearly drowned. Due to this Ezekiel strictly enforced rules that made the Arcanum off limits to ant but the high sages, further he forbid any sages from going deeper into the Arcanum for fear of being killed by deadlier traps. Ezekiel figured there was enough information in The Grand Library at the ground floor of the Arcanum to last his people a while.

However the sages made their way through the Grand Library quite well, not finishing studying all the information it held - but getting through most of it. The research the sages mainly did was sorting through old information - what was irrelevant, what was important, and hat the people should know. The important they studied further, and what people should know was taught by Chilon. The sages also regularly guided the tribe through more difficult times that came commonly at the founding of Old Vassos such as famine. They established farm-grounds and hunters, seemed to have answers for all sorts of problems that arose. This arrangement continued until the sages disbandment

### Disbandment

The main event triggering the disbandment of The First Council was Periander's death. After he died, his best friend Ezekiel went inexplicably insane. As the head sage, Ezekiel's loss of sanity was a major morale killer for sages. At this point, most of the men on the council were old and argumentative. Bias, seeing the beginnings of the failure of the council, ascended deep into the Arcanum - without Ezekiel to stop him, he could freely descend and search for a way to bring back Periander from the grave. Unfortunately, Bias was never seen again and he is presumed dead. With that, four sages remained, and they did not last long. For a few months they made an attempt to make their situation work, but Chilon had Thales under his thumb, and he would always agree with Chilon in matters of voting. It did not take long for Solon to become disillusioned by these dark circumstances and before long he decided to abandon the home he once loved with all his heart to find meaning in nature. Not long after, Chilon and Thales with a hefty load of transcribed tomes to take to the school; and it was so that Sithartho sat alone in the Sage Tower for many years, studying the Old Script Translation and waiting for his time to serve the people again.

## The Second Sage Council of Old Vassos

The Second Sage council was initially formed by Cleo Malachi, son of Ezekiel. After spending years in the forest, Cleo returned to Old Vassos bearing the druidic mark. Searching the old Sage Tower, the Council's main meeting chambers, for books Cleo happened to find Sithartho Gatteo. Although he had previously been assumed dead, it appeared that in actuality he was studying lore on his own - continuing his sage research. Cleo studied as the sages did for a few years with Sithartho until he decided to, with help from Sithartho, form a new Council of High Sages to pick up where the Old Sages had left off.