Amethyst Order
From Warhammer - The Old World - Lexicanum
The Amethyst Order is one of the eight Imperial Colleges of Magic.
Amethyst wizards are one with the dead, and as a result have a fearsome reputation - so much that members of the order are shunned by the inhabitants of Altdorf. Amethyst wizards are able to communicate with the spirits of the dead. To help facilitate this the Amethyst building of the college overlooks the old Altdorf cemetery.
Locations
- Altdorf College: Overlooking the Old Altdorf cemetery and near the temple of Morr it is an eloborate dark stone struture with numerous gothic towers, each home to hundreds of bats. Resembling the entrance to a temple to Morr, its doorway is always open but the interior appears empty and silent. Only those with the ability to use the Lore of Death can step through and into the true hidden college. [3a]
Notable
- Elspeth von Draken, Magisterix of the Amethyst Order, the Dark Lady of Nuln, the Graveyard Rose.[1]
Spells
The Lore of Magic they study is the Lore of Death.
- Ashes and Dust: The wizard unleashes a choking dust cloud from their fingerips. [2a]
- Crystal Maze: A small element of the legendary labyrinth of legend is brought into the mortal world. [2a]
- The Choking Foe: A suffocating energy flows from the wizards nose, ears, eyes and mouth. [2a]
Symbol
- Scythe: Portrayed inverted to represent the heavy burden the wizards carry. A pair of overlaid and crossed scythes inscribed by a Amethyst mage on a tomb warns of a slumbering evil within. [2a]
Gallery
A wizard of the Amethyst Order.
Ferdinand Gruber, A wizard of the Amethyst Order
Wizard of the Amethyst Order
Miniatures
A wizard of the Amethyst Order.
Sources
- 1: Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos, Magisterix Elspeth von Draken, pg. 152-153
- 2: Storm of Magic
- 2a: The Lore of Shadow, pg. 41
- 3: Spires of Altdorf
- 3a: Specific Places, pg. 22-23
- White Dwarf 355, (July 2009), pgs. 84-85
- Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition) (2000), pgs. 52-54, 60, 63
- Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition) (2007), pgs. 44, 60-61
